Awesome - agree 100%. Thanks for reprinting this. Having been a young adult in 1980, this remains my most vivid and exciting sports memory. I sometimes forget that the win against the Soviets was not even for the gold medal but certainly was the most rewarding. Note that with the exception of inflation, we are struggling with almost the same challenges now that we were in 1980. Only then we were about to elect a president that actually could lead and embark upon a new, more positive era. Now, well.......there you have it.

12:29 pm February 26, 2014

baseballfan wrote:

Beautifully understated. Sometimes less is more. Will never forget that game.

2:24 pm February 26, 2014

Tom Payne wrote:

A good piece at the time but really folks....TIME TO GET OVER IT.....do you have any idea how tiresome and obnoxious the repeated references to this one hockey game have become to anyone but the U -S- A chanters and Al Michaels? It is getting a bit gag worthy.

4:23 pm February 26, 2014

Tom wrote:

Amazing how similar the political conditions are to now.
A story like that will never repeat in the Olympic sports which now allow professional athletes.

4:42 pm February 26, 2014

@ Mr. Payne wrote:

What is your problem? It's a "this date in history" piece. Do you have any idea how tiresome and obnoxious people like you sound?

Should we get over everything else that happened in the past as well? What should we allowed to keep in our thoughts, Tom?

Do yourself a favor, take some age old advice.... if you've got nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all.

5:04 pm February 26, 2014

Jack wrote:

I bet Tom is a c

5:05 pm February 26, 2014

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